STRAND SET TO CONTINUE NLRA TITLE HUNT AT RIVER CITIES AND DEVILS LAKE

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (July 19, 2023) - The Northern Late Model Racing Association schedule kicked into high gear last week as Dustin Strand and his No. 71 Walhalla Building Center / Keewatin Truck Service Millenium SRT is in the middle of a stretch that sees nearly a third of the schedule run in a three-week period starting last week at South Dakota's Brown County Speedway for their annual Rumble event.

On night one, Strand charged from sixth to third in his heat race and started 11th in the 30-lap main event. Running well inside the top ten early on in the race, Strand decided to try the highline on what had become a bottom dominant surface at the third-mile oval. Strand fell back in the order, eventually finishing 14th.

Night two saw a better start as a heat win from fourth set up a fifth place start in the main event. Strand, who had been running inside or near the top five throughout the first half of the race, passed Shane Edginton on the high side on the backstretch with 13 laps to go to move onto the podium.

Having reeled in the leaders Chase Gelling and Cole Searing, Strand remained within striking distance in lapped traffic when a caution flag flew with five circuits remaining. Lining up to Searing's inside on the ensuing restart, Strand and Dustin Arthur made contact in turn four, ending Strand's bid at the win.

This week, Strand returns to River Cities and Devils Lake Speedway for more NLRA series action. Strand leads the track points at River Cities and has two wins at the 'Bullring' so far this season.

Heading an hour west to Devils Lake for Saturday night, Strand in 15 previous series starts at the one-third mile oval has finished outside of the top five just once in features he was able to start, which was a seventh place run last August for an average finish of 2.6 with four feature wins.

Strand will head into the weekend second in the NLRA series standings, as the four-time series standings is just 44 markers back of the top spot.

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2023 Stats (Late Model):
Races: 18
Wins: 2
Top 5’s: 10
Top 10’s: 15

2023 Stats (Modified):
Races: 16
Wins: 1
Top 5’s: 6
Top 10’s: 7